Arundhati Bhattacharya: SBI gets its first woman chair in 206 years

Arundhati Bhattacharya: SBI's new chairman

11 Oct, 2013

Text: TNN

One of the last bastions of male dominance crumbled when the government named Arundhati Bhattacharya as the first woman chair of the 206-year-old State Bank of India, which together with its subsidiaries, accounts for 22% of the country's bank deposits and 23% of total lending.

That's not the only record: Bhattacharya is also the first woman to ever lead a Fortune 500 company in India, and the only woman banker on that list of giants anywhere in the world!

In pic: A file photo of Arundhati Bhattacharya who took over as the Chairperson of State Bank of India.